One thing that I do not understand is why use "cloud" in the first place?
It's not convinient. It's not cheap in the long run. It slows down your
work?
These drives might not be good for daily use but HGST had fast drives in
these sizes.
Cheers
Shai
On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 7:53 AM, John Schroth <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> The other day I was talking to a friend of mine. I asked him where he was
> backing up his data. He confidently said, "Oh - it's in the cloud". I'd
> like to know who came up with the word "Cloud". That word offers such a
> false sense of security that it makes me a bit agitated!
>
> John Schroth
> MTS
>
>
> On 6/19/2015 5:05 AM, CJB wrote:
>
>> The other consideration is whether a cloud service is free (Basic) or
>> paid for (Pro) and importantly reliable .
>>
>> Remember the fiasco of PutLocker / Firedrive last year? This was a
>> fast and free service to host private files by the GBs & TBs. However
>> pirates (in their thousands) soon got the idea to offer porn and
>> copyrighted films on it - all of these were available to download for
>> free. It was a strange setup based in Singapore but with accommodation
>> addresses in London and elsewhere to make it look professional.
>>
>> They had a pro service - paid for by credit card.
>>
>> Then in 2013/14 it all went bellyup and suddenly without notice the
>> whole service was closed down; although various mirrors remained in
>> various countries like Canada.
>>
>> Despite numerous tweets, posts to Facebook, comments on
>> IsItDownRightNow, etc., users lost thousands (millions?) of files many
>> irreplaceable (e.g. genealogical). And the 'Pro' service was reported
>> as continuing to debit cash from credit card accounts without letting
>> those folks access their files.
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/firedrivecom
>>
>>
>> http://news.techworld.com/security/3575397/firedrive-mystery-deepens--is-this-cloud-storage-site-coming-back/
>>
>> Then there was the case of that guy in NZ who also lost his entire
>> cloud service. I'm not sure if users ever got their files back.
>>
>> And wasn't there an image site that hosted pro and amateur
>> photographic images that suddenly disappeared taking everyone's files
>> with it?
>>
>> Frankly I don't trust cloud sites - not even MS or Amazon. Who has
>> access to my private / business information? They could be scammers,
>> criminals, whoever. I don't know the staff of these sites nor their
>> honesty. After all you would think that you could trust banks but IMHO
>> they are some of the worst criminal organisations on the planet.
>>
>> CJB
>>
>>
>> On 19/06/2015, Corey Bailey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> One thing to be careful about is weather or not your chosen cloud backup
>>> service uses any kind of data compression. Compressing the software
>>> files used by your PC is one thing. Maintaining archival "copies" is
>>> quite another.
>>>
>>> Corey
>>> Corey Bailey Audio Engineering
>>> www.baileyzone.net
>>>
>>> On 6/18/2015 4:23 PM, Michael Gillman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Back it up to two or three other drives and store at least one of them
>>>> off
>>>> site. Also RAID is not a backup. A power failure can take the entire
>>>> array
>>>> out.
>>>> The problem with the cloud is the time it takes to backup and the
>>>> time
>>>> it
>>>> takes to restore, think days. Also, backing up to the cloud will also
>>>> bring
>>>> the wrath of your internet provider, who will respond with data caps and
>>>> making you connection slower.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, June 18, 2015, Allison
>>>> Schein<[log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello List,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am wondering if anyone has used/tested Seagate's Archive 8 TB 3.5"
>>>>> Internal Hard Drive
>>>>> <
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Archive-3-5-Internal-Hard-Drive/dp/B00QX0ZGO6/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8#
>>>>>
>>>>> for any of their collections. Any information would be helpful!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Allison
>>>>> <
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Archive-3-5-Internal-Hard-Drive/dp/B00QX0ZGO6/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top?ie=UTF8#
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Allison Schein, MLIS, CA
>>>>> Creative Audio Archive Archivist
>>>>> [log in to unmask]<javascript:;>
>>>>> Creative Audio Archive * Experimental Sound Studio 773.769.1069
>>>>> http://creativeaudioarchive.org/<
>>>>> http://www.experimentalsoundstudio.org>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>
> ---
> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus
> protection is active.
> https://www.avast.com/antivirus
>
|